YouTube Pokémon Highlights: The Modelers

YouTube is a venue for showing off different kinds of video creations, certainly including many Pokémon ones (some indeed, one year ago - see below). Of those, some videos display the prowess in modeling objects in some way, shape, or form. Pokémon itself is no short of objects or things to be modeled, and some creators have taken advantage of that fact to model Pokémon objects, for which the results are presented dazzlingly on the video sharing site.

Some (at least from its 1 million+ subscribers) might recognize MetaBallStudios. This channel is particularly famous for its comparisons of grand objects, both real and fictional, with 3D models that are accordingly scaled. As expected, the creator has done one for Pokémon as well, with the comparison of a select number of Pokémon species by their actual scale; despite a single mistake, it is more or less reasonably accurate. The video is from 2018 and is therefore not up to date with new developments, and the creator may or may not have plans to create a new one (there have been requests in the comments section), but what exists is still notable to be highlighted.

Animation can also be made through modeling real depictions of objects and taking pictures frame-by-frame, then assembling the pictures into a video; this process is called "stop-motion animation". Many creators have attempted this, including one called Animist. Specifically, this creator has made two works related to Pokémon: one that depicts Trainer Red practicing a Poké Ball throw and Blastoise shooting a Hydro Pump. The former of these even has the behind-the-scenes, which shows the intricacies that are involved in making this kind of animation. But whether it's long or short, they still require lots of work undoubtedly - yet the results more or less pay off.

Physical modeling may be done with food stuff, and one particular creator does so with pancake batter, and that creator would be Pan K The Pancake Artist. This creator has been making pancake art for a good part of five years and has come a long way since then, including in making Pokémon pancake art. The spectacle is impressive, whether it's for the first-generation (pseudo-)starters or Eevee and its evolved forms, from the creation of outlines to flood-filling in colors - exactly like traditional drawing, but in pancake form. The results might be much too pretty to eat, but they make for some dazzling pieces to please the eyes, especially for its 2.7 million+ subscribers.

Moving on to something not so edible but equally as artistic, clay can be used to make figures that are exceptional and wonderful. The creator Squash Clay has taken the art form to new heights by sculpting and molding figures of Pokémon species out of colored clay; the artistry is quite evident for the Scorbunny family, Xerneas, and even Mega Rayquaza - these being just a fraction of what has been shown off. Pokémon has been the dominant subject of the creator for a few years straight, and it could be said that the creator has "specialized" in it at this point. The art speaks for itself, as well as for any Pokémon fan that find it appealing and any sculptor or modeler of the substance.

With the many objects that have been conceived over the years, Pokémon offers many possibilities for modeling, just as many as the forms that one might choose to do that modeling with. The modeling might be physical, virtual, or creative, as with everything that has been exhibited above, but it's certain that whichever objects are chosen and however one might model, there's a certain prowess (Pokémon or otherwise) that demands to be shown off.

One year ago: YouTube Pokémon Highlights - "Gotcha!" Versions

Two years ago: Rethinking Game Linkages

Three years ago: Passing It On: The Next Generation

Four years ago: Pikachu Head Collectibles